Anisotropic conductivity imaging with MREIT using equipotential projection algorithm

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7229-7242

  Deǧirmenci, Evren ^a   Eyüboǧlu, B Murat ^b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE;

ISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVITY; RELATIVE ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36949012268     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/24/003     Document Type: Article

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